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Never said this and in fact gave explicit examples where it's not. Never said that. Gave examples where it's not. At this point you're spinning in circles. I thought you've been saying that BP is an explosive all along. Certainly you've been saying this in previous postings. Did you mean...

Well, I'm sure that worked for him. 😂

Nice try. But this is what I mean by cherry-picking and not paying attention to details. I'll grant you that the whole Hazmat approach in terms of "compatibility classes" is confusing to the average reader, but you should at least look at all that they have to say about smokeless powder (and...

Well, the two exploding powder horns do just tend to reinforce my reluctance to participate in any activities of a club where that kind of thing happens. 😂

Not sure what your point is here, but both black and smokeless gun powders are low explosives. Don't be confused by claims to the contrary on any number of forums like this one. There is abundant technical literature making the low/high explosive distinction clear and indicating how smokeless...

Wise. Unfortunately for some, the trick is in how well and carefully they read it and understand it (and the other documents necessary for interpreting it correctly) -- and not try to cherry-pick parts out of it that they use to bolster their own odd beliefs. There's no shortage of other...

Wrong.

Well, thanks for that, y'honor. I'll cite it as authoritative precedent in my next case. Quite obvious. Period.

Where do people get these beliefs? From the Goex site: Black powder is a Division 1.1 Explosive. and detonation may cause severe physical injury, including death. That's not being "it's [sic] own category of explosive". That's being a category 1.1 explosive. Maybe just try reading the entire...

I can't respond to what the Navy tried to teach you or what you learned from the Navy or why the Navy might have been trying to make certain distinctions. Regarding any definition of "nut", I can only say that anyone who believes black powder isn't an explosive pretty clearly fits the...

Black powder is considered an explosive (and in fact is an explosive). There is no sense in which it's not an explosive. There are threads in this forum and any number of places on the web that cite the relevant federal documents (and any number of industry documents as well) concerning this...

This is why there's often concern expressed about those expensive Dewey coated rods. I originally got one for my CZ .22 target rifle, but don't use it for that any longer (although it's nice to put a small cotton bore swab on it to clean out the patent breech in the Crockett .32!).

I won a turkey once at a trap shoot. I figured -- with all the cost of the gun, shells, practice, etc. to achieve that -- it ended up costing me over $100 a pound. But it was a pretty decent turkey.

Not necessarily proof, but definitely evidence -- which then needs to be refuted by counter-argument. Plus, those cases are decided not by the "beyond a reasonable doubt" criterion, but by the preponderance of the evidence. And it's not just the criminal courts (at various levels) you need to...

Really great summary of facts (what the laws actually are as expressed in the published documents) and what those facts mean (analysis). All that is, of course, unlikely to change any minds of the truly committed we see often represented here -- but that's a feature of the minds and not the...

True. However, I did once see a thermos of pea soup (made by my mother-in-law) explode in a refrigerator. It was an incredible mess that I ended up cleaning up because at that point my wife had taken two of the kids across town to visit the mother-in-law. My older son was present with me and...

I don't think I'd be shooting at that club. It's not the rod material that appears to be the problem. 😂 😂

Yeah, it took you that long. And it would take me that long (though I'm not sure I currently have the right tap :rolleyes: ). But a lot of people just like to shoot BP guns and don't have the machinery, attachments, and experience to drill and tap things -- especially to center-drill a rod...

A brass rod is a brass rod, but if it ain't threaded for the attachments you need, then it ain't very useful as a ramrod or cleaning rod. :)

Yeah, flex is an issue. Not because it makes them ineffective or dangerous, but just as a matter of personal experience and preference. I still have two of them. Won't toss them out. I don't think there's anything "wrong" with them. But I don't like using them in comparison to other rods...